Showing posts with label PSA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PSA. Show all posts

Saturday, January 23, 2016

"Pregnant women warned not to travel to Rio Olympics"

NZHerald: Researchers have linked the rise in Microcephaly, a neurological disorder in which infants are born with smaller craniums and brains, to the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne disease first seen in Africa in 1947.

The outbreak has spread with such speed that the US-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has now warned pregnant women not to travel to Brazil and 13 other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean - potentially affecting thousands intending to arrive in Rio for the Olympics this August.

Meanwhile, women in Brazil and Colombia have been warned to take precautions against mosquito bites, and other women not to get pregnant until the effect of Zika on unborn children is better understood.

'The virus found the perfect conditions in Brazil: a very efficient vector that loves human blood, millions of susceptible victims with no antibodies, ideal climate, and lots of places to breed,' said Ricardo Lourenso, who studies tropical infectious diseases at Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Institute.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

We interrupt this blog...

To tell you it's snowing like a banshee out there tonight. Ladies and gentlemen please, please, if you are indoors, stay indoors... driving is very hazardous tonight. We are now talking "10 to 14 inches for the five boroughs". Very hazardous. "We are expecting a greater volume of snow." The mayor said. "It will be very windy tonight". And "the combination of snow and blowing snow will make driving very very dangerous."

No Quickie Mart scratch-off Tonight 
 
If you are on the road, drive very carefully. We don't want anything bad to happen to you. Watch out for the plows. Visibility is below normal. Slow down. Use your blinkers. Start braking way before reaching the intersection. Turn the heat all the way up, if you are cold.
 
If you have anymore suggestions please share them with us in the comments.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Today's PSA


Sunday, September 22, 2013

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

De-Skunking A Dog

This video won an award for practical chemistry tips:


Monday, August 12, 2013

Sometimes The Straight People Are Right...

…and they’re right in the fact that one drug will lead to another ‘cause you meet more people who are doing drugs, you know? ~ Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister

The money quote is at the very end of this short interview: